Tappan Street ‘Ready to Run’ in Friday Feature at Gulfstream
At 0h01, on December 15, 2025 • By Gufstream Park
WinStar Farm LLC, CHC Inc. and Cold Press Racing’s Tappan Street is ‘ready to run’ Friday at Gulfstream Park, where he is scheduled to make his first start since defeating Sovereignty in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) March 29.
“He’s ready. He’s ready to run,” Trainer Brad Cox said. “He had a good work [Saturday] at Payson. He’s had several works since returning to training this fall. I’m looking forward to getting his year started. He’s got a world of talent. He showed that last year.”
The 3-year-old son of Into Mischief is slated to meet six rivals in Friday’s Race 7, a one-turn mile optional claiming allowance that just might lead to a start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Jan. 24.
“Things would have to go well, but absolutely,” said Cox, whose Curlin Florida Derby hero has been installed as Friday’s 4-5 morning-line favorite. “It would need to be a very positive race. It’s a step at a time.”
Sidelined with a condylar fracture in his right front leg sustained while training at Churchill Downs days before he was scheduled to run in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), Tappan Street was nominated to the $150,000 Harlan’s Holiday (G3), a 1 1/16-mile Pegasus prep, next Saturday at Gulfstream Park, but his connections opted for Friday’s optional claiming allowance whose conditions include 3-year-olds and up that have never won three races.
